MASSACWUSEJlS: STATE ./ 



Agricultural MfflKilfNT Station. 



BXJI_.I_.ETI3Sr KTO. 40. 



CONTENTS. 



1. Weather Record, March, April, May, Jiiue, 1891 



2. Some Diseases of Lettuce. 



3. Fertilizer Analyses. 



4. Feeding Experiments with Steers. 



Highest temperature. 

 Lowest temperature. 

 Mean temperature, 

 Total precipitation, 

 Total snow fall, 

 Prevailing wind, 

 No. of cloudy days. 

 No. of days on which .01 of 



an inch or more of water • 



from rain or melted snow 



fell, 8 7 8 8 



There was enough snow on the ground for fair sleighing until the 

 10th of March. 



A storm on the 2d and 3d of April gave eleven inches of snow, 

 lasting only a few days. 



Severe frosts occurred May 6 and May 19 and a light frost June 6. 



The comparatively dry weather and occasional cold snaps during 

 April and May have been unfavorable for the grass crop in this 

 vicinity. 



The rainfall during June was abundant and well distributed. 



